Translations
Modern
“Go through the camp and tell the people, ‘Prepare your provisions, for within three days you will cross the Jordan to go in and take possession of the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess.’”
Traditional
Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you victuals; for within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which the Lord your God giveth you to possess it.
Literal
“Pass over in the midst of the camp and command the people, saying, ‘Prepare for yourselves provisions, for within three days you will pass over this Jordan to go in to possess the land that YHWH your God is giving to you to possess.’”
Latin
Præparate vobis cibaria: quoniam post diem tertium transibitis Jordanem, et intrabitis ad possidendam terram quam Dominus Deus vester daturus est vobis.
Original
Hebrew
English
“Go through the camp and tell the people, ‘Prepare your provisions, for within three days you will cross the Jordan to go in and take possession of the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess.’”
Notes
Because of fear and lack of trust in God, the earlier generation refused to enter the promised land from the south 40 years earlier (see Numbers 13–14). Now, a new generation was ready to enter from the east, by crossing the Jordan River.
Theme notes and profiles
Events
Places
Jordan: A river and region, significant in Israel's history
Glossary
Conquest and Allotment of the Land Joshua, Book of Judges, Book of Numbers, Book of Tribe of Dan
Topics
The Armies of Israel: Mode of Supplying: Food Brought by Themselves